tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post3471942112702823536..comments2024-01-03T03:28:48.980-07:00Comments on mugwump Chronicles: Everybody Knows Sumpthin'Mugwumphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01487540636265322556noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-25342341315885194042011-04-13T16:31:47.616-06:002011-04-13T16:31:47.616-06:00Great post. My trainer's passion and primary s...Great post. My trainer's passion and primary showing discipline is Saddleseat, although she did show aras and morgans western and has also done hunt. I find that a saddleseat mindset i awesome for teaching me western... I've spent the last two weeks doing a posting trot in a flat saddle to work on my leg position and strength, and it's paid off.... last time I got in my western saddle I felt so flipping secure it was ridiculous. And today my mare did a sideways spook at... nothing... I lost a stirrup and my upper body caved in, but I didn't fall.<br /><br />I knew nothing about saddleseat before I met my trainer but it's pretty applicable to riding in general, especially in helping balance, posture, and strnegth.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13919593643799649732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-15147094483265772122011-04-11T14:16:09.878-06:002011-04-11T14:16:09.878-06:00This post came at so the right time.
Thank you.
...This post came at so the right time.<br /><br />Thank you.<br /><br />I rode in a clinic with a protege of Buck Brannaman's this past weekend. I could probably i.d. Buck from a photo, but if you asked me to tell you his training philosophy, I could only offer a vague summation. Neither bad nor good.<br /><br />Before describing this clinic, let me please note that in the past year I've ridden with a variety of clinicians including a 3 d eventer from CO, a reining trainer from NE, a dressage instructor from NE and a working cowhorse guru from CA. At every one of those clinics I was able to learn something from them that I can incorporate into my own so-called training regimen here at home (I'm a total wannabe with my horse). <br /><br />At the same time, I've had to use my bullshit sifter to sort out things that weren't going to work for me.<br /><br />Getting back to this past clinic-I did pick up some good stuff to go home with and I did sort out some stuff that isn't going to fly at my house. What got me though, and put me in a bad place for part of the clinic, was the attitude of the clinician. While he was talented and firm in his beliefs, he kept saying that this (what he was teaching) is the only correct way to do this horsemanship thing. Granted, I'm paraphrasing, but it's how I'll remember it. I thought, how can you be so close-minded and yet ask us to be open-minded to your way of thinking? I had to overcome this crap thought before I could see some good coming out of this clinic. And for the money I paid, there should have been NO closed minds.<br /><br />So again Mugs, thank you for this post.baymarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05823527337444941682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-64494679119666460802011-04-11T08:38:46.280-06:002011-04-11T08:38:46.280-06:00I figure as long as I can keep an open mind I can ...I figure as long as I can keep an open mind I can learn a little something from every one. Most importantly to keep my own mouth shut :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-71152787697077474082011-04-10T06:42:09.121-06:002011-04-10T06:42:09.121-06:00I love gathering knowledge and finding the bits th...I love gathering knowledge and finding the bits the click. Weirdly I use my horse, training at work.<br /><br />Many people do get hysterical if you lope them.<br /><br />Hope your other situation resolves.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13104422629934443842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-1585266338720555342011-04-10T00:33:20.521-06:002011-04-10T00:33:20.521-06:00Great post as usual.
How about a link between new ...Great post as usual.<br />How about a link between new mind set and aging process? ^-^<br />We become wiser as we age, don't we.<br /><br />I can usual recognise the age group of poster/blogger just by their affirmations. The 25-30 are the most arrogant with black and white theory.<br />Then people start to mellow.<br />Around 50 they usual are all about fun and peace and love. Around 60 they are all about emotional and softy thinking.<br /><br />It is just life, as we age we become wiser, and we keep our mouth shut ^-^Murielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05491691754938320621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-54041998023969599042011-04-09T21:15:35.089-06:002011-04-09T21:15:35.089-06:00Excellent post. I find some great information in ...Excellent post. I find some great information in western riding articles and videos. Dressage is my love, but when I needed to know how to prepare my horse to change leads through the canter, reining videos turned out to be the most helpful and down-to-earth. I like to take a little of everything, especially if it works!Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07335385366138424092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-34032251337582463002011-04-09T20:28:27.135-06:002011-04-09T20:28:27.135-06:00I have been thinking the very same things lately. ...I have been thinking the very same things lately. You can learn something valuable from any horse person. The trick is to know a gem from the rubbish I guess (esp with the big name NH folks imo) <br /><br />I started by just pure coincidence at a hunter barn. I have recently switched to dressage and have even more recently switched to a predominately western barn. I think dressage and western have way more in common than dressage and hunters. <br />The more I know the less I see any lines at all. I learn things from books about teaching kids, and training dolphins. I am now interested in learning theory and rider bio mechanics. Who cares what kind of saddle!Golden the Pony Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15230832980797448174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-30804288306865170422011-04-09T18:48:38.798-06:002011-04-09T18:48:38.798-06:00LOL, I know you're being tongue in cheek, but ...LOL, I know you're being tongue in cheek, but how about <a href="http://www.carriagedriving.net/index.php?m=a&a=27" rel="nofollow">endurance chariot racing?</a><br /><br />Hope I can remain as openminded and eager to learn as you. :)Funderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06358687366401205336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-54324784177832390802011-04-09T18:28:53.645-06:002011-04-09T18:28:53.645-06:00I agree! I've done a little of everything. I...I agree! I've done a little of everything. I'm an English rider at heart, I'm just more comfortable in an English saddle, but I do have fun playing around at western. I dabble in barrels with my Arab. I've done a few clinics with a local reining guy and had a blast. I take dressage lessons whenever I can.<br /><br />There aren't many disciplines I want to do long term, but I do enjoy taking the occasional lesson or doing the occasional clinic in a discipline I'm not familiar with.Candy'sGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10714758020336093821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-79360248566353226192011-04-09T18:20:10.106-06:002011-04-09T18:20:10.106-06:00Great post Mugs! Im seriously looking at the dres...Great post Mugs! Im seriously looking at the dressage thing (a little different from the pleasure back ground) Im off to a dressage clinic in May hopefully to learn lots! Its amazing what you can learn if you open your mind.Justaplainsamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399124494395034612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-35505057371250643912011-04-09T14:27:44.032-06:002011-04-09T14:27:44.032-06:00I don't know from chariot racing but I have a ...I don't know from chariot racing but I have a matched pair of buckskin shetland ponies that used to do chuck wagon races, I bet they could help you out. <br /><br />This article is fantabulous.DarcChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18230643206461906913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-36106363058619924572011-04-09T13:13:47.545-06:002011-04-09T13:13:47.545-06:00I don't know anything about chariot racing, bu...I don't know anything about chariot racing, but if you want to try jousting, drop me a line. Yes, I'm serious!<br /><br />And I totally agree that for some horses, getting them tired makes them hysterical. I've got two of those - they are very different personality-wise but what's the same is that they're thinkers. If you give them something to do, something to concentrate on, they're with you 100% and will just about kill themselves trying for you. If you just try to tire them out... forget it. They just get worse and worse.jenjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01737679332792618499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-87519744277969529602011-04-09T12:54:43.086-06:002011-04-09T12:54:43.086-06:00Super cool post mugs :] I picked up something supe...Super cool post mugs :] I picked up something super interesting too!!! "getting them tired makes them hysterical" I think my mare is like that! Especially when we're having a frustrating dressage ride, seems like the longer we try to fix things the more tired she gets and the more she over interprets every aide until shes a tight little unhappy ball! Love your posts :]Maddywithayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06093542456687525211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-28429605063708793372011-04-09T12:29:28.418-06:002011-04-09T12:29:28.418-06:00Mam
Kinda out in left field, but I've been wat...Mam<br />Kinda out in left field, but I've been watching whats going on in the world. <br /> Please, please, please, if you've got a place, pay your taxes early. Stock up on feed...do you have access to water, besides a water meter.<br /> I am SO afraid things are going to get "interesting" over the summer, and the next year.<br /> If you don't believe me, watch what happens in the month of May.Gailnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-25825435399960242802011-04-09T11:48:03.439-06:002011-04-09T11:48:03.439-06:00Nothing to add. Just wanted to be first for once....Nothing to add. Just wanted to be first for once. <br /><br />Whoot!TalkTekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01791356436341920460noreply@blogger.com